[aprssig] Packet Node on 144.390 ?
Earl Needham
needhame1 at plateautel.net
Sat Sep 9 10:07:54 EDT 2006
At 01:43 PM 9/8/2006, William McKeehan wrote:
>What is the general concensus about having a packet node on 144.390?
Don't do it! It just gets in the way of APRS, which is about the
only thing we should support on 144.39.
We had a similar discussion several years ago, here's what I have
from back then. Maybe I was confused, but I think there are some "nodes"
out there already, and then there is some confusion over just what is a
"node" and what is a "digi". If we can get back to using the proper terms,
we'll go a long ways in getting actual "nodes" off of 144.39.
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Earl
At 08:41 PM 9/15/2003, Earl Needham wrote:
>At 05:18 PM 9/15/2003 -0700, Spider wrote:
>>From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu>
>><snip>
>> > The APRSdos DIGIS.TXT file recommends a local (direct) packet every 10
>> > minutes so that local users (or visitors, or whatever scenario develops)
>> > never have to wait long to be updated. Beyond that we figured a single
>> > WIDE hop once every 30 minutes or so, and then maybe a WIDE3-3 once every
>> > few hours just so that 24/7 stations would get an awareness of the network
>> > in adjacent areas.
>> >
>> > Anything more than something like that is just QRM.
>> > bob
>> >
>>
>>Then how come the majority of Node owners do not understand this or comply
>>to this thinking?
>
> Uh -- why are there nodes on 144.39 when APRS is for UNconnected
> packets?
>
> Earl
At 09:41 PM 9/15/2003, Earl Needham wrote:
>At 08:27 PM 9/15/2003 -0700, Spider wrote:
>><snip>
>>"Hey IC, looky here! I show 5 nodes on the map!" You think he'd care?
>
> Let me ask again -- what purpose do nodes serve in a network that
> is all UNCONNECTED packets???
>
> Thanks,
> Earl
At 06:57 AM 9/16/2003, Earl Needham wrote:
>At 05:36 AM 9/16/2003 -0700, Spider wrote:
>><snip>
>>What are being called nodes, are actually DIGI's in mode cases. I see on
>>my map 12 nodes in my surrounding area. They are all DIGI's as they do not
>>have any 'network' interface what-so-ever!
>
>
> Here's something to look at -- I connected to the KPC-3 in my
> truck and got a node listing. I suspect you might get similar results
> anywhere in the country. I think two things are happening. First,
> people are say9ng "node" when they mean "digi". But second, I think
> there are quite a few nodes out there, too.
>
>>cmd:c truck
>>*** CONNECTED to TRUCK
>>###CONNECTED TO NODE TRUCK(KD5XB-10) CHANNEL A
>>ENTER COMMAND: B,C,J,N, or Help ?
>>N L
>>W4EBM-7* (N7UG-1) 06/20/03 07:28:01
>> VIA *N4WYK-2,WIDE4-1
>>WIDE4* (W4UNC) 06/20/03 10:42:38
>> VIA K4EG,WX4GSO-9,*N4VDE-3
>>RELAY* (N4EVA-13) 06/20/03 10:56:39
>> VIA WIDE,KA4KMA-5,*N4VDE-3
>>GIU7* (WAdGIU) 06/20/03 18:01:26
>> VIA W4AP-8,*AB4KN-2,WIDE5-2
>>REO1IN* (KB9EMW) 06/21/03 05:01:23
>> VIA *AA9MM-10,WIDE4
>>GIU7 (WA4GIU) 06/21/03 06:09:18
>> VIA WIDE5-2
>>N5SKU-7* (N5SKU) 06/23/03 05:35:00
>> VIA *K5QBM-2,WIDE3
>>FTKTEL* (KD5FTK) 06/23/03 05:54:16
>> VIA K5WH-2,*WR5AAA-6,WIDE
>>RELAY* (W5RRR-7) 06/23/03 06:39:34
>> VIA AI5TX-2,*WR5AAA-6
>>*W5PDO-7* (W5PDO-1) 06/26/03 01:13:56
>> VIA W5DIG-4,*W5DIG-12
>>RELAY (W5GB-2) 06/27/03 02:53:03
>> VIA WIDE4
>>ENTER COMMAND: B,C,J,N, or Help ?
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